Munich/Milan – The former chairman of the board of FC Bayern MunichKarl-Heinz Rummenigge (67), has criticized the behavior of English football clubs on the transfer market as unreasonable and “out of control”.
Accuses the English clubs of a “less intelligent, irrational” transfer policy: ex-Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (67). © Sven Hoppe/dpa
“England spends astronomical sums in an unintelligent, irrational way,” said the 67-year-old in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport on Wednesday.
“Other countries are progressing between financial difficulties and scandals, but they are also bringing home the trophies. That means the English are making crazy mistakes,” said Rummenigge.
Chelsea FC, for example, squandered hundreds of millions in January to now find themselves in tenth place.
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Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League opponents had spent around 600 million euros on new players this season, but lost the round of 16 first leg 0-1.
The former Italian professional Rummenigge also again emphasized his rejection of a European Super League. “It was no coincidence that three clubs with enormous liquidity problems came up with the idea. They are betting on generating large amounts of income very quickly,” said the former captain of the German national team.
Juventus Turin, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are sticking to the project. Rummenigge sees the Club World Cup, which will be held in a new format with 32 teams from 2025, as an outdated format. “It produces useless finals that make no sense,” he said.
According to Rummenigge, FC Bayern’s advancement in the Champions League is by no means certain, despite the away win at Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of the round of 16.
The road to the quarter-finals is “complicated because of Messi and Mbappé, an impressive player,” he warned. Argentina world champion Lionel Messi and France superstar Kylian Mbappé are two of the big stars at PSG.
